TextSplitter

Split a text string into a list of strings.

Work in Progress

We're working on adding pipeline examples and most common component connections.

Key Features

• Accepts a text string as input and splits it into a list of strings.

Configuration

1. Drag the TextSplitter component onto the canvas from the Component Library.
2. Click on the component to open the configuration panel.
3. On the General tab, no configuration is required.

Connections

TextSplitter accepts a sentence string as input. Connect it to any component that outputs a string.

It outputs a list of strings as output. Connect it to any downstream component that accepts a list of strings.

Source Code

To check this component's source code, open text_splitter.py in the Haystack repository.

Usage Examples

Basic Configuration

  TextSplitter:
    type: testing.sample_components.text_splitter.TextSplitter
    init_parameters: {}

components:
  TextSplitter:
    type: testing.sample_components.text_splitter.TextSplitter
    init_parameters:

Parameters

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sentence	str		The text string to split.

Outputs

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
output	List[str]		The list of string segments.

Init Parameters

These are the parameters you can configure in Pipeline Builder:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description

Run Method Parameters

These are the parameters you can configure for the component's run() method. This means you can pass these parameters at query time through the API, in Playground, or when running a job. For details, see Modify Pipeline Parameters at Query Time.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sentence	str		The text string to split.